Is it just me or are there at least two of these 'greatest-' lists a week. All of them variants of the same theme [vampire/hero/baddie/favourite/big bad/sexiest]. Yay for Whedony exposure but I think it's a bit played out and smacks of lazy writers trying to get traffic from fandoms. Bit of a lazy rant, yes, but i'm fighting apathy here.

Yay Buffy, 13 is one of my very favourite prime numbers under 20 with a 1 in. Not my absolute favourite obviously but it's near the top. Ish.

And yeah, these articles pretty much write themselves which makes them cheap page hits (they're similar to those clip-based talking heads TV shows like "I Love the Middle 3 months of 1987" or "Greatest Ever Car Chases ... in A Pre-2005 Hybrid Car"). Not an insane list as these things go even if the Top 10 are pretty much the usual suspects (and Buffy's definitely a superhero - secret identity isn't a hard and fast rule and anyway, she more or less had one for the first 2+ seasons). Plus, any list with The Tick right next to John Constantine has to get extra points for weirdly random quirkiness.

The Top 10 are pretty predictable. Hulk (simply because I can't see him appearing NOWHERE on the list, not because he'd make MY top 10), Wolverine, Superman, Batman, Iron Man, and Spider Man. I'm drawing a blank on the rest of the Top 10, but it seems like Mr. Fantastic might be there, although he's pretty old to be that high on the list.

I thought it was odd they were all "Buffy has no secret identity, but I *guessss* we'll let you off this one time . . .", and then right down the page was Hellboy. Surely Vampire Slayer was as secret as Big Red Thing/guy.